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Ajit Pawar Funeral Live Updates: The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are underway at Vidya Pratishthan Ground in Baramati, his electoral stronghold.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's last rites begin
Ajit Pawar Funeral Live Updates: The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were performed with full-state honours at Vidya Pratishthan Ground in Baramati, his electoral stronghold.
Ajit Pawar’s wife and Rajya Sabha MP, Sunetra Pawar, along with his two sons- Rohit and Jay- performed the last rites as a sea of supporters gathered at the cremation ground to catch a last glimpse of their leader.
Union Minister Amit Shah, BJP President Nitin Nabin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin attended the leader’s funeral.
Meanwhile, a funeral procession was carried out from his Katewadi home to Vidya Pratishthan Ground as supporters of the ist Congress Party (NCP) poured in to bid an emotional farewell to Ajit ‘Dada’.
Pawar, the longest-serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and senior NCP leader, died in a tragic plane crash in Baramati on Wednesday. The NCP leader, 66, was among five people killed when a chartered Learjet 45, operated by Delhi-based VSR Ventures, burst into flames while attempting to land in poor visibility at Baramati Airport.
Along with Pawar, his personal security officer Vidip Jadhav, flight attendant Pinky Mali, Pilot-in-Command Sumit Kapur, and Second-in-Command Shambhavi Pathak, were also on board the ill-fated plane.
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Sunetra Pawar, wife of late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, performed his last rites at Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati, with sister-in-law and NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule by her side.
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Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s sons, performed his last rites at Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati.
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Wrapped in tricolour, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s body has been brought to cremation ground in Baramati for last rites.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has landed in Baramati to attend the funeral of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday.
Ajit Pawar Funeral Live Updates: Black Box Of Baramati Aircraft Recovered
The black box of the ill-fated aircraft, which Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was travelling on, has been recovered, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
“A team of three officers from AAIB, Delhi, and another team of three officers from the DGCA, Mumbai Regional Office, reached the crash site on 28 January. The Director General, AAIB, also arrived at the site the same day. The investigation is progressing expeditiously, and the black box of the ill-fated aircraft has been recovered”, it read.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will shortly land in Baramati to attend the funeral of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Wednesday.
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has reached Baramati’s Vidya Pratishthan ground to attend Maharashtra Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s funeral.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde have arrived at Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati to attend Ajit Pawar’s last rites.
Ajit Pawar Funeral Live Updates: Flight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder Recovered From Aircraft
The Ministry of Civil Aviation stated that the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder had been recovered from the Learjet 45 aircraft, which crashed in Baramati on Wednesday.
Chrter plane crash landing in Baramati | Cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have been recovered: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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NCP supporters gathered in colossal numbers in Baramati as the funeral procession of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is being taken to Vidya Pratishthan ground for last rites.
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Full state honours were accorded to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar as supporters gathered at Vidya Pratishthan ground to pay their tributes.
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Ahead of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s funeral, Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Sushil Shinde, along with his daughter and the party’s MP Praniti Shinde have arrived at Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati to pay their last respects to the leader.
#WATCH | Baramati | Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress MP Praniti Shinde arrive at Vidya Pratishthan ground for the last rites of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar pic.twitter.com/nzqthRB0YI
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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A forensic team has arrived at the crash site in Baramati to collect evidence from the debris of the ill-fated plane that crashed on Wednesday, killing all five passengers on board. A team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is also present at the spot.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with his deputy, Eknath Shinde, have arrived at Maharashtra Bhavan. Shortly, they will take a chopper from here to Baramati to attend Ajit Pawar’s funeral.
#WATCH | Mumbai | Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde arrive at Maharashtra Lok Bhavan to take choppper from here to Baramati to attend the last rites of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar pic.twitter.com/Yp2yUx5q4D
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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NCP-SP Supremo Sharad Pawar and MNS Chief Raj Thackeray have arrived at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s residence to pay last respects.
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Officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and a forensic team carry out an investigation at the Baramati crash site.
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#WATCH | Pune, Maharashtra: As she heads to Baramati, Union MoS Raksha Khadse says, “The accident yesterday is heart-rending. Nobody had thought that something like that would happen. We were all sad to hear the news yesterday. I think Maharashtra will not have any other leader… pic.twitter.com/R83UA9bLxk
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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#WATCH | Maharashtra: Visuals from the site in Baramati where a charter plane crash landed yesterday, claiming the lives of all five people on board, including Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Officials from DGCA and Forensics are present here. pic.twitter.com/4P5OpyvWqY
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule, MLA Rohit Pawar and other members of the Pawar family are present at late Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s residence ahead of his last rites.
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A local in Baramati remembered Ajit ‘Dada’, saying that a vaccum has been created by his demise, that wouldn’t be filled by anyone else.
“Not even in seven lifetimes”, she said.
Baramati, Maharashtra: On the death of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in a crash landing yesterday, a local says, “What Ajit Dada has done for Baramati won’t be possible for anyone else. A vacuum has been created by his demise that can’t be filled by anyone, not even in 7 lifetimes of… pic.twitter.com/rwEFnAnxEB
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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#WATCH | Mortal remains of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar being brought out of Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati.
He died in the crash landing of a charter plane yesterday. pic.twitter.com/dR3qxZQlvN
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray, along with his son and party leader Aditya Thackeray visited Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s residence in Baramati to offer condolences.
Baramati, Maharashtra | Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and party leader Aaditya Thackeray visited Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar’s Baramati residence to offer condolences to his family following his demise.
Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar passed away yesterday when the… pic.twitter.com/sRoyMrPkac
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
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The police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) into the Baramati plane crash, which killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, his Personal Security Officer, an attendant, and two crew members.
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Supporters of Maharashtra Deputy CM and senior NCP leader gathered outside Ahilyabai Holkar Government Medical College in Baramati to catch a last glimpse of their leader.
#WATCH | Baramati, Maharashtra | Supporters of NCP Chief and Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar start gathering outside Ahilyabai Holkar Government Medical College to catch a last glimpse of their leader.
NCP Chief and Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar passed away yesterday when the… pic.twitter.com/hGAZ6lJDj1
— ANI (@ANI) January 29, 2026
